capcitor numbers

[James Anderson]

I have a capacitor that says "104". What does that mean? ( IM finding a capacitor to use for that stamp serial connector)

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[Mike Green]

1.0 x 10-4 farads or 0.1uf

[James Anderson]

ok thank you

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[Forrest]

FYI you could have found the answer yourself just by typing 'capacitor marked 104' into Google

[James Anderson]

Forrest said...
FYI you could have found the answer yourself just by typing 'capacitor marked 104' into Google

this was easier

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[Superworms]

104 = 10+4 zeros., I think

[Bruce Bates]

superworms -

Although I'm sure your answer was appreciated, it is subject to a bit of interpretation.

Here is Mike Green's answer (above) which is a good deal more concise, and isn't subject to any interpretation:

"1.0 x 10-4 farads or 0.1uf"

The only reason why I point this out is that its's better to give newer folks answers which aren't subject to any interpretation, if possible, due to their lack of experience. I'm not "picking", honestly, just trying to be helpful, and enabling you to offer better technical advice.

Regards,

Bruce Bates

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[Chris Savage]

Hopefully this link will help calrify things a bit...About halfway down the page.· take care.

http://www.arar93.dsl.pipex.com/mds975/Content/components01.html

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[willthiswork89]

im guessing that is in scientific notation? 1.0 x 10 to the 4th power?

[PJ Allen]

The point here is that the "code" on the capacitors is an expression of the capacitance in pico-farads (pF).·

So, a 103 is a 10 with three following zeros: 10,000 pF ( = 0.01 uF).

100 = 10 pF 101 = 100 pF 102 = 1000 pF····· (0.001 uF) 103 = 10,000 pF··· (0.01 uF) 104 = 100,000 pF·· (0.1 uF)· 105 = 1,000,000 pF (1 uF)



470 = 47 pF 471 = 470 pF 472 = 4700 pF····· (0.0047 uF) 473 = 47,000 pF··· (0.047 uF) 474 = 470,000 pF·· (0.47 uF) 475 = 4,700,000 pF (4.7 uF)

[·This is another·"subject" that really should have been posted in The Sandbox. ]




Post Edited (PJ Allen) : 7/30/2006 1:25:09 PM GMT

[James Anderson]

PJ Allen said...
[ This is another "subject" that really should have been posted in The Sandbox. ]

my bad.

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[Chris Savage]

This thread is being moved from the BASIC Stamp Forum to the Sandbox Forum.

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